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[ broh-kuhn-doun ] / ˈbroʊ kənˈdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR broken-down ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshattered or collapsed, as with age; infirm. having given way with use or age; out of working order: a broken-down chair. Origin of broken-downFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby broken-downBroken Arrow, broken-check, broken chord, broken coal, broken consort, broken-down, broken field, broken heart, brokenhearted, Broken Hill, broken home Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for broken-downHere, instead of verbalizing her emotions, Winslet oozes dread via her broken-down visage, and slight mannerisms. At Telluride, Jason Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’ Is Superbly Acted|Marlow Stern|August 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST "They go from broken-down, infected teeth or no teeth at all to feeling great about themselves again," she said. Bad Teeth, Broken Dreams: Lack of Dental Care Keeps Many Out of Jobs|CNBC|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Caine is finally decommissioned in the fall of 1945, after steaming its broken-down way home from Okinawa. David's Bookclub: The Caine Mutiny|David Frum|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was a journey we made in a broken-down Lada that had no seat belts or windshield wipers. With U.S. Adoption Ban, a Mother Fears for Russia’s Abandoned Kids|Janis Cooke Newman|December 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So far Harry's tour of the Caribbean has been a riot of informality with booze, boogies and broken-down boats a-plenty. Best Behaviour, Harry||March 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST With trembling limbs he left the court-room a broken-down man. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)|Alexandre Dumas pre A Citizen of North America, whose nest is a wet bed of broken-down reeds, sometimes floating on the water of the marsh. Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues Ball was a broken-down pugilist who for over ten years had not entered the ring as a principal. When God Laughs and Other Stories|Jack London The name he gave me was Beljames, and he was reported to be a broken-down gentleman. The Evil Genius|Wilkie Collins There is a broken-down old stuff here by the name of Hazard. The Bread Line|Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for broken-down
adjectiveworn out, as by age or long use; dilapidateda broken-down fence not in working ordera broken-down tractor physically or mentally ill Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to broken-downdecrepit, run-down, ramshackle, battered, bedraggled, deteriorated, infirm, neglected, old, seedy, shabby, threadbare, unsound |